In this issue

WHAT’S INSIDE?
Pg 4 - Trade News
Pg 10 - Long Term Update : Katana
Pg18- TriumphSpeedTriple1200RR
Pg 32 - BSA Gold Star 650
Pg 42 - Triumph Tiger Sport 660
Pg 58 - 2022 Suzuki GSX S1000
Pg 64 - BMW R18 Exclusive Customs
Pg 68 - Bike Talk : Does size matter?
Pg 72 - Charley’s Chat
Pg 74 - Mike Scott Pitlane
Pg 78 - Classifieds & Events

COMING ALONG NICELY SUZUKI Katana

Last year April we bought a Suzuki Katana as a Long-Term test bike, so we could ride it for 12 months, report on it, try and improve it and give you the reader, constant feedback. The initial reporting was done in Superbike Magazine but with us now having merged that mag with Bike SA, we continue the story here. Without having seen a black one in the flesh, we took the plunge and ordered one from Suzuki Motorcycles South Africa. Although silver is the colour associated with the original Katana, we thought to be different and opt for the black one.

7 mins

TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE 1200 RR Electronically Excellent

First test in Spain comprising 75-mile/120km ride on the legendary Ronda road followed by several laps of the Ascari Race Resort circuit of the RR version of Triumph’s all-new Naked bike, now fitted with a half-fairing and sportier riding position than the RS variant

10+ mins

BSA is Back a Gold Star Shining Brightly 2022 - BSA Gold Star 650

"Full inside story of the creation of the born-again production-ready 2022 BSA Gold Star 650 launched at the December 2021 Motorcycle Live Birmingham Show"

8 mins

Totally Triumph 2022 TRIUMPH TIGER SPORT 660

First test in southern Portugal on Triumph’s latest entry-level middleweight model following the best-selling Trident 660, with 15,500 examples sold since its 2021 launch

10+ mins

Moto Guzzi factory racers

Our major contributor (and, in our opinion, one of the World’s best motorcycle authors), Alan Catcart has just released another hard copy book. This time on Moto Guzzi’s.

1 min

NAKED FUN LOCAL LAUNCH TEST SUZUKI GSX-S1000

Naked bikes are all the rage in Europe and many other places in the world. Not so much in South Africa though, if it doesn't have a fairing it simply doesn't feature. So how does a bike like the new Suzuki GSX-S1000 fit in? We took it for an afternoon blast to find out.

7 mins

DOES SIZE MATTER?

Last year I landed up with two totally different test bikes from two different manufacturers at the same time and thought nothing of it then. Until I had them parked side-by-side that is.

2 mins

MOTOGP PIT LANE

Michael Scott - a regular in the MotoGP paddock since 1984 and familiar to motorcycle racing fans worldwide through his best selling books on the likes of Wayne Rainey and Barry Sheene has been covering MotoGP since long before it was MotoGP. Remember two-strokes? Scott does.

3 mins

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